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How much farther is it to Fantine's trading post?

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Oh, we should get there in a few more minutes.

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Jungle drum.

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What do they mean?

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The natives have spotted us and are passing the word on to the tribes.

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For days I've not heard those drums, Trudy.

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Maybe we have visitors.

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The drums say two white men are heading our way.

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I guess this is pretty old stuff to you.

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Not exactly.

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The jungle is always changing.

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You can travel a trail one day and a week later it isn't there anymore.

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Besides, I was just a kid when my folks died and were shipped back to the states.

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You never talked much about yourself before, Tom.

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I could never get your nose out of your test tubes long enough to talk about myself.

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Well, here we are in the heart of the African jungle.

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Yes, and it's treacherous.

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We'll encounter danger from wild animals,

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hostile natives and possible disease.

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We'll be up against ignorance, superstition and taboos.

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You sound more like Gloomy Gus than Thomas Reynolds, doctor of medical research.

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Only being realistic.

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Sir, boat come. White man boat.

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Welcome to the Renton Trading Post.

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We're glad to get here, sir.

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I'm Tom Reynolds and this is Howard Ogden, my associate.

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How do you do?

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My daughter, Trudy, gentlemen.

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Hello.

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How do you do?

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I see something has been added since the last time I was here.

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Since the last time you were here?

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Oh, I don't understand.

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I'm beginning to understand.

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Tom Reynolds.

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Reynolds.

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More than 20 years ago, a man and his wife came here as missionaries.

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Their name was Reynolds.

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Keep trying, Peter Van Tine.

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Wait.

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Reynolds and his wife died of a fever.

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But they had a little boy, he went back to the United States.

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So, you are that little boy, huh?

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That's right.

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Where did you set up camp?

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At Cooper's Corral.

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Someone told me it was built over 20 years ago by a wild game hunter.

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That's a good place.

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He will like it there.

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Come, we go to the house and have something cool to drink.

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Chava, bring us some refreshments.

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Yes, sir.

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Now we're here.

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What brings you two gentlemen to the jungle?

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Well, to put it briefly, we're here to do some medical research.

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Medical research?

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Are you doctors?

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Well, tell me, as I'm a chemist.

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Don't tell me you are going to set up a practice here.

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Hardly that.

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We believe that the tribal witch doctors have medical secrets

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which if known might benefit the entire human race.

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But they will fight to keep their secrets.

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They have great power over their tribes.

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Make no mistake about it.

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Well, we know it won't be easy, but we're going to give it a try.

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Is there anything that Dad and I can do to help you?

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We'd like to have some native porters tomorrow morning.

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Can you arrange that?

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Chava is the son of a friendly chief.

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If I ask, he will send men for us, a ferry.

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What about a guide?

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Well, we have a man we picked up in Cape Town.

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He's a guide, a cook, a jack of all trades.

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You'll have to meet Charlie Smart when we get back from seeing the white goddess.

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Did I hear you correctly?

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You said the white goddess?

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Why, yes. What's wrong?

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What's wrong?

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Why, Dr. Reynolds, nobody knows whether she actually exists.

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No white man has ever seen her.

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And none of the natives will even venture into her part of the country.

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That land is taboo.

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Taboo is nearly always based on facts, facts which the natives do not understand.

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And because they don't understand it, they fear it, and, well, it becomes taboo.

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You said facts?

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A woman supposed to have been living long before Stanley and Livingston ever set foot on this soil,

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without ever growing old?

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No, that cannot be.

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Well, naturally, we don't believe that about her.

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But assuming she has lived beyond the normal span of life, what keeps her young?

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A native drug? Some form of hibernation?

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Those are the questions which Howard and I want to answer for ourselves.

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Chaba.

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Yes, sir?

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You go to Chief. Tell him to come here, this place, to me.

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I bring here, this place. I go.

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No!

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No.

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Ado!

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All right!

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The Chief should be here before long, shouldn't he?

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Yes, but I do not think he will send any of his tribe to the land of the white goddess.

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Father, look!

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Coral Vagel?

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How are you, Doctor? How did it go?

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What did he say?

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Chaba was attacked by a lion.

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They wanted to take them to their village, but Chaba wanted them to bring him here to the white doctor.

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He's pretty badly hurt. Have them put him on the table.

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Yes, sir.

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What happened to Chaba?

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Get a first aid kit if you have one. Otherwise, some disinfectant and something for bandages.

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Chabo, guapo, guano.

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Gamu, guano, guapo.

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Gamu, guapo.

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Rama, Rama.

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Rino, Rama, guapo.

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I understand the word Rama. It means white medicine man.

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Only it means more than that. It is a title of honor.

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He says he's your friend.

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Rama, guapo, guano.

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Gamu, guapo, guano.

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Chabaco.

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What did he say about the safari?

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He will have portals at your place tomorrow, right after sunup.

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Oh, that's great. Thanks for the help, Mr. Van Tine.

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I can thank Tom. Saving Chaba's life has done the trick.

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Chabo, guapo, guapo.

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Chabo, guapo, guapo.

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Chabo, guapo, guapo.

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Chabo, guapo, guapo.

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Hey, Charlie.

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You're not taking Walter along, are you?

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I'll say not. No, sir.

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Walter's gonna stay right here where he'll be safe and sound.

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Those porters will be here in a minute. You'd better get ready.

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I'll be ready in a jiffy.

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Now you be a good boy, Walter, and take care of the house while Papa is away.

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Bye-bye, Walter.

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Chaba, Naboo.

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Naboo.

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Somehow it seems to me you gents could have thought of an easier place to go than this.

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The South Pole, or maybe the Gobi Desert.

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Well, if you're tired, Charlie, I'll take the lead for a while.

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I'm not tired, Doc. I'll let you know when I'm tired.

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Walter!

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Hold it.

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What's the matter, Charlie?

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A tapeworm. As long as the river Nile.

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A python.

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They're hard to kill. If you only wound him, it may be unpleasant.

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You're right, Doc. It sure surprises me how much you do remember.

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Seen as how you were only knee-high to a hyena when you were here before.

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All clear. We're up.

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What is it, Tom?

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Sounds like a leopard. You see him?

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No, and I'll be just as happy if I don't.

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Keep a smart lookout. I'm not so sure that's the same one we heard before.

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Follow, follow. Kursky, walk up.

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No good to no worthy.

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These men won't go any further. He said this is the border of taboo land.

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Follow Tuka.

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What do we do now?

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Looks like we pick up what provisions we can carry and go it alone.

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How do we get across?

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Walk or swim if it gets too deep.

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You two jets don't mind. I'll just rest on this side for the next two or three weeks.

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I'll go up.

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Hey, look at her.

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She really is young and beautiful.

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You bet she is.

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Who do you want to treat me?

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You can't do that to us. We're your friends.

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Mota kata.

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Now, Tiki, Timo.

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You say you're friends. You don't make trouble.

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Why? Why, you speak English.

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Come inside.

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Not with our hands tied.

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Thanks for saving our lives.

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Yeah, we're all a little young to die.

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Talk. Why are you here?

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We came to find you.

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Why you want?

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We heard the legend about your age.

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They say you discovered the secret of growing old without showing any signs of it.

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We came here to learn about that.

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I guess you didn't understand.

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I can't understand how she can speak English.

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You, come here.

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You talk.

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How is it you speak our language?

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I show.

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Here, book.

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A missionary's dictionary.

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My dad made one like this.

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Warriors find many years back.

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You missionary?

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No, I'm known as the Rama, white medicine man.

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You, Rama?

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That's right.

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You want I tell why still look young?

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Yes.

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Medicine man, give me.

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Smells like the gift flower plant.

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But that's a deadly poison.

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So are strychnine, curare, and opium, and many others.

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It all depends on how they're used.

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May I take these with me?

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No, they mine.

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Well, it was a nice try.

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Well, gents, we might as well start home.

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You no go.

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You prisoners.

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What?

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You're kidding, sister.

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You know, I say we ought to try and get some of those pellets from the medicine man and then make a break for it.

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It's a swell idea.

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There's only one thing wrong with it.

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How are we going to get out of this hut into the one where the old boy cooks his remedies?

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Doc, you ought to be able to figure something out.

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That's all I've been trying to do ever since they threw us in here.

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Anybody got a match?

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Here.

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Hold on.

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I can use these.

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For what?

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You'll see in a minute.

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I'll show you.

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That's the witch doctor's hut.

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Seems like he's taking breakfast to her.

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You stay here and watch, Charlie.

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Come on, Howard.

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Charlie, here.

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Here's yours, Howard.

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Howard, look in those jars.

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Those pellets must be in one of them.

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Look out, Tom!

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Come on, Howard.

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Don't move, or we'll pull the rope!

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Don't move!

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I won't move!

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Let's take this trail. It may lead us to the river.

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Go on ahead.

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What about you?

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I'll follow in a moment.

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All right, let's go.

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Who are you?

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That stopped them. Now they'll know better than to come after us.

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Well, anyway, we did find out there is a white woman who rules that tribe.

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You actually saw her?

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We not only saw her, we talked with her.

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Is she really young and beautiful, like the legend says?

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Yes, in an exotic sort of way.

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Personally, you're more my type.

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Thank you, Howard.

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But what about those native drugs you went to find out about?

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Well, we weren't too successful, but I did manage to secure a few herbs.

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Howard and I will be able to do some experimenting with them.

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You know, this visit's been mighty pleasant, but if we're going to get back before dark, we'd better get moving.

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We'll walk down to the trail with you.

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The End